Category: Lead News

Dhaka – Despite various travel hazards and frequent road crashes, people are leaving capital Dhaka in their thousands as the Eid-ul-Azha is going to be celebrated in the country on Wednesday.

Dhaka – BNP standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Mia has said that holding of the tenth parliamentary poll has become uncertain due to the government’s attempt to continue session of the ninth parliament after October 24.

Dhaka – The prices of sacrificial animals in the capital’s temporary markets are gradually soaring since Monday morning, bringing back smile to the faces of traders but frustrating the middle-class buyers.

Dhaka – The Bridge Division and Bangladesh Army’s Special Works Organization (SWO) on Monday signed a deal for supervising the consultancy works on Janjira and Mawa approach roads and service area-2 of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project.

Makkah, Saudi Arabia — Muslims from across the world poured Sunday into a sprawling tent city in the Saudi desert before the start of the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage. The number of the pilgrims this year has been reduced in…

Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Khaleda Zia on Sunday exchanged Eid greetings by swapping cards on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha.

BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Sunday asked the opposition leaders and activists to take to the streets if the government does not restore the caretaker government system by October 24.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the current Parliament will stay till January 24 making it clear that its session can continue until the election schedule is announced.

The BNP may not get permission to hold a rally in Dhaka on Oct 25 to press for a non-party government to supervise the national election, Minister without Portfolio Suranjit Sengupta has hinted.

The Election Commission has firmly claimed the voter database to be quite authentic and flawless, saying there is no scope to raise question over its accuracy.

Opposition BNP on Sunday alleged that the government is forming a ‘torture squad’ to resist the 18-party’s planned harder movement after Eid-ul-Azha.

Dhaka – A huge number of cattle has arrived in the city from different parts of the country and buyers started visiting 20 sacrificial animal markets on Friday.

Dhaka – BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Saturday said that the ruling Awami League has been carrying out a propaganda of militancy in the country and trying to put the blame on the BNP to implement…

More than 400,000 people in India have been evacuated as a massive cyclone sweeps through the Bay of Bengal towards the east coast.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President M Atiqul Islam on Saturday requested the opposition and ruling parties to reach a consensus that helps maintain a sound environment for trade and investment in the country..

  Alleging that the government wants to arrange one-sided election, BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said no polls without the main opposition would be allowed in the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her firm resolve to continue the necessary reforms and restructuring at various levels of the Bangladesh Army.

Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jun on Saturday re-emphasised peaceful dialogue among major political parties to remove the differences and resolve the political crisis.

Three people, including two siblings, were killed and 24 others injured in a fierce clash between two groups of people at Shingpur village in Nikli upazila on Friday evening.

The opposition BNP on Friday alleged that the government is conspiring to create a civil-war-like situation in the country with an aim to cling to power by averting the next general election.

Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover, the country’s largest flyover built on PPP initiative, was opened to traffic on Friday, fulfilling a long-cherished dream of the city dwellers and also adding a new milestone in the country’s road communication system.

Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said country’s people will decide who will be where after October 25.

Dhaka – President of Bikalpadhara Bangladesh Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Friday called upon the Prime Minister to take measures to hold the forthcoming elections under caretaker government by refraining from what he termed BAKSAL style polling.

The Secretary of a rightwing human rights organisation Odhikar, Adilur Rahman Khan Suvhro has been released from jail.

Onion price has crossed Tk 100 per kg ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, ridiculing government efforts to rein it in and add to its cup of woes and stinging the homemakers. Price of the staple has been shooting up over the…

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday alleged that the government is chalking out a plan for digital rigging through holding a unilateral election to cling to power.

Police arrested four people, including a young woman, from city’s Mohammadpur area on Wednesday night in connection with the killing of an ATM booth guard of Dutch Bangla Bank.

Dhaka – Chhatra Shibir activist was killed and another five were injured in a clash with police at Damurhuda in Chuadanga on Thursday.

The defence has completed the questioning of prosecution witnesses in the sensational ten-truck arms haul case.

Nayan Ali, employee of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Thursday made confessional statement to a Dhaka court admitting his involvement in the tribunal’s verdict leaking incident.